Justin Pemberton

Love Speed and Loss

Justin Pemberton

It's 1973 and young New Zealand couple Kim and Janeen have run away to Europe and joined the circus - The Continental Circus. They're part of a convoy of Grand Prix motorcycle riders travelling across Western and Eastern Europe competing for the World Championship Road Racing title.

The Nuclear Comeback

Justin Pemberton

In a world living in fear of climate change, the nuclear industry has put its hand up as a solution. It claims that nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions... and people are listening.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Justin Pemberton

Thomas Piketty, Ian Bremmer

Film adaptation of French economist Thomas Piketty's ground-breaking global bestseller of the same name: an eye-opening journey through wealth and power.

Chasing Great

Michelle Walshe, Justin Pemberton

Richie McCaw

Chasing Great is an insightful portrayal that weaves Richie McCaw's life story into his final season as an All Black, revealing the determination and mental toughness of an international sporting legend who still sees himself as an 'ordinary guy' from small town New Zealand.

Is She or Isn't He?

Justin Pemberton

Docufactory's Is She or Isn't He? (2010) follows the transition process of New Zealander Graham to Ashleigh. Filmmaker Justin Pemberton spent five years with Ashleigh, who ultimately just wants to be a heterosexual woman loved by heterosexual man, as she meets with doctors and searches for her true identity. This documentary explores the intensive process, both physical and psychological, of figuring out who we are in the midst of social labels and judgments.